Clyde is a Changed Man

Guest post from Adella's mom: Clyde is with me in North Carolina while Della is at camp with her best friend in New Hampshire. I am happy to report I have not lost him for a second time. In fact, he's been pretty darn clingy these past few days, sharing my lounge chair in the afternoon and climbing onto his side of the bed at night. The streets must have been tough the day he was away. Better than that, though, he is smiling and his tail is up when we go for a walk. He is perky and silly and a lot less nervous. For example, I am allowed to find him and share a little bit of cheddar cheese with him at lunchtime. I am allowed to wake him up from his nap on dad's chair to see if he needs to do the biz before I go back to the beach. And he merrily jumps into his crate when it's time for me to go out without him. I know I am no replacement for Adella, but I am glad he gets that two people can love him at the same time!

Clyde Returns

This morning, at about 5:30, (which is the time we usually walk him in the morning), he was back. Just out on the front porch he was sitting on a lawn chair with a cushion and when we came out he came toward me to come inside. We took him in and fed him. Then he drank, and drank, and drank some more. My mom, Clyde, and I went back to sleep on the king size bed and Clyde let her pet him. A couple hours later, my mom and I took him out for a walk. My mom asked him if he spent the day with his girlfriend and he smiled...

Clyde's Great Escape

Clyde ran away today in North Carolina. He found a way out of the house and bolted. It was after my grandparents, cousins, dad and I had left, about four hours into the trip. My dad and I went back to the house and helped my mom look all day. We didn't find him. People were saying he had been following another Dachshund on the beach. The police know, lots of people know, that family may be helping him out. All we can hope for is something that we are doing works. Clyde I love you and miss you already. Please come home.

Watch this video for more infromation and to help us find Clyde if you are in the Topsail Beach, Surf City, of Snead's Ferry area:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9AhI2Ptm00

Foxes!

A few days ago I was walking Clyde by the yard and we saw foxes in the yard. They were walking towards us and barking- two young ones. I scooped Clyde up and went inside. They followed up to the edge of the driveway. Yesterday, we saw them again. They came out of their cover in the trees and brked at us, then scurried away when they saw us go inside. That was Clyde's latest interesting adventure. Tomorow my grandparents and Buddy get here, so come back soon.

The First Part of the Family

Late last night, my cousins, Adam and Alex, and my Aunt Vikki arrived in North Carolina. Clyde was a bit nervous at first, but he got used to them and stopped shaking. Today he was around them for the longest time. We went for oue nightly walk on the beach to the pier and back, the 6 of us. Clyde and I ran together, with Adam and Alex along side. For him being in a new place with pretty new people, Clyde is doing great.

P.S. He had a big surprise today that he took pretty well. We went outside before supper, and the sprinklers were on. Clyde was lapping the water ,but then he didn't like being sprayed, so he went to the other side of the yard. As soon as we got there, the other sprinklers turned on, and we had to run!

A Monocle Moment

We told our friend Mr. Lundwall how Clyde on walks sometimes will stop and lift one paw. He said he needed a monocle and a tie, (haha). Today I had to walk down the road for a minute and when I came back, Clyde was sitting up on the deck, perfectly still and upright. He watched me through the posts on the gate that surrounds the edge right down his nose, looking a bit snooty and indignant. That was today's monocle moment. Come back for more.

Clyde's New Day

Today Clyde's adventures continued. We went for walks on the beach, a couple boardwalks, and he went in a store with us when we went shopping. Clyde's breakthrough today was letting my mom hold him, cuddle him, and pet him. I also rode my bike along the Topsail Island bike trail, and my mom walked, or ran, I should say, him along behind me. If I got to far away he would run and try to catch up. Well, that was Clyde's day today. Come back soon!